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Paul Richard Alexander (January 30, 1946 – March 11, 2024) was an American paralytic polio survivor, lawyer and writer. The last man to live in an iron lung, he contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six.
A paralyzed Texas man who lived 70 years inside an iron lung after he survived polio as a child has died, his family said. Paul Alexander, 78, died on Monday, his brother Philip said in a post on ...
A man who lived inside an ‘iron lung’ for seven decades after contracting polio as a child has died.. Paul Alexander was paralysed from the neck down after contracting the virus in 1952. He ...
The last man to live in an iron lung died in Dallas on Monday. Paul Alexander, 78, spent more than 70 years confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child in 1952.
Mason was affected with polio at age 11 and spent the remainder of her life in an iron lung. She wrote a memoir, Breath: Life in the Rhythm of an Iron Lung, which was published in 2003. [72] Rosalind Miles: born 1943: Author of fiction and non-fiction books. She caught polio, aged four, and spent several months in an iron lung. [73] Peter ...
The polio survivor spent more than 70 years being kept alive by the medical device.
The documentary explored his spiritual struggle coping with his disability; he had to use an iron lung much of the time due to childhood polio. O'Brien died on July 4, 1999, from post-polio syndrome. [3]
Paul Alexander, the man who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio, died Monday after being hospitalized for Covid last month, his friends and family said. He was 78.